minimally invasive Archives - Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery

Washington University Neurosurgery welcomes new spine surgeon

February 18, 2022December 5, 2022

The Department of Neurosurgery at Washington University is excited to announce that John I. Ogunlade, DO, will join the spine division in July 2022. Ogunlade will lead the spine endoscopy team at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital and other community hospitals. “Dr. Ogunlade’s expertise in minimally invasive spine surgery will give patients access to a surgical […]

“Best Invention of 2020” now used at Washington University by one of the neurosurgeons who helped develop it

March 11, 2021April 13, 2021

Unable to move her legs and in extreme pain, a woman in her 70s was transferred to Barnes-Jewish Hospital earlier this month. A tumor had invaded her thoracic vertebrae and extended into the spinal canal, crushing her spinal cord and causing her paralysis. Experts at another hospital felt her tumor could not be surgically removed. […]